Overview
- Negreanu finished Day 1A with 1,105,000 chips, good for roughly 44 big blinds, and returns for Day 2A on Friday.
- He fired six $25,000 entries between approximately 6:00 p.m. and 10:45 p.m., with the sixth attempt securing a bag.
- Early exits included jamming into Bryce Yockey’s pocket aces and losing sevens to Casey Hatmaker’s nines, as documented by live reporters.
- Day 1A drew about 869 entries, putting the event on pace to meet the record $60 million guarantee.
- He described high fatigue and said the approach “didn’t feel right” in his vlog, which also showed him down about $233,500 on the day.